The manuscripts of Rosenzweig’s major and minor works, letters to and from him, and documents pertaining to his life and family are located in archives in Germany, the United States, and Israel. Many of his publications can also be accessed through the digital collections of libraries around the world.
Address: https://www.lbi.org/collections/collections-overview/ Description: Consisting of two independent donations (from Nahum N. Glatzer and Rosenzweig’s son, Raphael Rosenzweig), the collections at the Leo Baeck Institute and Center for Jewish History contain Rosenzweig’s diaries, numerous manuscripts of his essays and lectures, as well as numerous correspondences and personal documents. A major portion of the LBI and CJH’s archival holdings are available for scholars and students online. Resources:Catalog Entry. Finding Aid.
Address: http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/divinity/services/collections.php Description: Since 1991, the Divinity Library at Vanderbilt University has preserved the collections and archives of Nahum N. Glatzer. The collection holds many of Rosenzweig’s manuscripts, including the manuscripts of The Star of Redemption. Glatzer grew up in Frankfurt am Main – in the orbit of the Freies Jüdisches Lehrhaus. In 1938, he emigrated to Palestine and later to the USA, where he published Franz Rosenzweig: His Life and Thought (1961). Resources:About the Collection. Finding Aid.
https://www.uni-kassel.de/ub/historisches-erbe/sondersammlungen.html Description: In 2006, Kassel acquired over 1200 letters, documents, and photos pertaining to Rosenzweig from his daughter-in-law, Ursula Rosenzweig. Spanning the years 1906 to 1929, the Kassel holding’s include numerous letters to and from his parents, Adele and Georg Rosenzweig, as well as his friends and family, such as Gurtrud Oppenheim, Eugen Rosenstock, Ernst Simon, Margarete Susman, and many others. Resources: About the Collection.List of Holdings.
Address: https://ead.dartmouth.edu/html/ms522_fullguide.html Description: Dartmouth houses the papers of Eugen and Margit Rosenstock-Huessy, intimate conversation partners of Rosenzweig’s who emigrated to the United States in 1933. These collections hold the thousands of letters Rosenzweig sent to Margit during the 1910s and 1920s, which were published as Die “Gritli”-Briefe in 2002. Resources: Collection Finding Aid. Open-Access Transcriptions of the Letters.
Freimann Sammlung: Texts by Rosenzweig contained in the University of Frankfurt Library’s Freimann Collection. The Freimann Collection contains over 15,000 titles collected and cataloged by Prof. Dr. Aron Freimann in 1932. Compact Memory: Rosenzweig’s publications contained in the digital library Compact Memory, which houses over 172 Jewish publications ranging from the years 1806 – 1938. The collection provides access to Rosenzweig’s contributions in periodicals such as Menorah, Neue Jüdische Monatshefte, and Der Morgen. Resources: About the Collection.List of Holdings.